Vampires have different level of power balancing. Sometimes you have to choose (in tournament environment) which vampire would be unlikely to contest with others... if we change (or remove) the contesting rule, we lose a lot of flavour and of balancing of the game.

thelonius reloaded wrote: Vampires have different level of power balancing. Sometimes you have to choose (in tournament environment) which vampire would be unlikely to contest with others... if we change (or remove) the contesting rule, we lose a lot of flavour and of balancing of the game.

The suggested rules variant will still punish players for playing only the most popular choices. It's just not that crippling. Remember that only one copy can still remain in the game.

Even in the least punishing scenario you'll lose one turn's worth of actions/blocks (cap1-4) and transfers, the worst possible scenario 3-4 turns of transfers (if you're not starting with a full set of 4), and that's crippling AF. Even if you get the pool back for your Stanislava, you lost half of your game's worth of actions.

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